Ok, this video is really nice, but unfortunately there are few misconceptions in the video that need clarifying. 1) Firstly, "haisai" is only said by men. Women greet by saying "haitai" in uchinaaguchi and that's only around Naha. In Shuri, "haisai/haitai" is never used as people there prefer to use the more formal "chuu wuganabira" instead. "Haisai/haitai" have become widespread because they've been used in commercials and as a decorative word to promote Okinawa, especially in tourism. As a matter of fact, "-sai" and "-tai" are particles that gives some sort of formality to the sentence and they're related to the more formal "-sari" and "-tari". For example, "wannee uchinaanchu yaibiin doo" (I AM Okinawan!) can be softened by adding "-sai" or "-tai", if you're a woman, at the end of the sentence, becoming "wannee uchinaanchu yaibiin doo sai (tai)". 2) They're not dialects! They're fully fledged languages of their own right. This "dialect" thing started when Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom to their territory. What is now "Okinawa prefecture" used to be an independent country called Ryukyu (Ruuchuu in Okinawan, Lew Chew in English and Léquios in Portuguese) and its history goes all the way to the pre-history. In the 15th century Sho Hashi unified the entire island of Okinawa under one throne. At the time he put his father Sho Shisho on the throne. Japanese language was only introduced in the islands at the very end of the 19th century and was promoted as the language of education at the expense of the native Ryukyuan languages! That's when the term "dialect" started to be used in a political sense to give the idea that the native languages were somewhat "inferior" to the language spoken in Tokyo. There was intense propaganda aiming to wipe out the Ryukyuan languages from the islands. This is crucial to understand why they are dying. This very idea of "dialect is being challenged in Okinawa and abroad as well, where uchinaanchu have immigrated as it concerns our identity as uchinaanchu and/or children of uchinaanchu. 3) UNESCO has actually divided those languages into 6 groups including Amami. Amami is not part of Okinawa prefecture but it was part of the Ryukyu Kingdom. So, there is Amami language, Kunigami language, Okinawan (Uchinaaguchi), Miyako, Yaeyama and Yonaguni. The Kunigami language comprises Kikai-jima, Okinoerabu and Yoron as well as the entire northern part of Okinawa island. These are not "dialects of Japanese". They didn't come from Japanese. They are sister languages of Japanese! Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language) is the best documented languages among them. The language of the Omoro Soshi is an archaic form of Okinawan and it is still different from Japanese. "Kajadifuu" is one of the most famous Okinawan poems written in the old Okinawan language. 4) However, there is indeed a dialect of Japanese spoken in Okinawa. That's called "Uchinaa-Yamatuguchi", or "Okinawan Japanese". At 6:15 she gives an example of this different "accent". That's an example of "Uchinaa-yamatuguchi". There's also "-wake saa", "shimashou" meaning "I will do" not "Let's do" and so on. The list is endless. Uchinaa-yamatuguchi is basically Japanese with a strong influence of Okinawan. That's the only true "hougen" spoken in the islands.
Akira Uema say, do ya know anything about the large structures at the bottom of the ocean near Yonaguni, if they belong to the Ryūkyū Kingdom, or not?? Also, since ya know so much about Okinawa's history, do ya recall any mysterious island within Okinawa's chain that sank during an earthquake, along with the inhabitants of that island???
Thank you so much for your precious info, could you tell me if there are any group of activists trying to preserve these ancient languages with material in English to their activism? Also, could it be possible that they got preserved in the western alphabet (or somone could devise an easier system of writing them than the Japanese syllabaries) so that we western cultural activists could learn them faster and divulge them also more easily it over the web, to promote the preservation of these precious and ancient languages? Só agora vi que vc é tb brasileiro! Estou te enviando mensagem pelo Facebook.
My mom's native language is Uchinaaguchi. She said, back in the 1950s, they would be whacked with a switch and ridiculed if they spoke their native language in public schools.... As a nisei raised in the Southeastern US and ridiculed for speaking it in school, I too, do not speak Uchinaaguchi...and even my Japanese isn't as good as it should be. I lived in Okinawa and picked up Uchinaa Yamatuguchi. It took a lot of effort to get rid of it so I could work in the Tokyo area without problems. Mainland Japanese still look down on us. My relatives on the island are grateful that I look more western than asian for that reason. They are scared for me if anyone finds out I'm half-Uchinaanchu.
Okinawa used to be Ryukyu Kingdom, but the Japanese invaded it and turned it into Okinawa. The language is not a dialect of Japanese language, but an entirely different language with some borrowed scripts and words from both Japan and China.
not entirely, both is in the japonic family, a isolated family. japanese(yamato) + all ryukyuan languages + the isolated ainu = japonic family. we have some connectiont to austronesian/polynesian.
JapaneseSentry [JP] It's actully kinda similar to Korean language with Monglian language and Chinese language with Tibetan language, same family, but different language.
tsukasa1608 japanese and ryukyuan languages (+isolated ainu itak) are in japonic family. japonic family is isolated language family with many similariteis to austronesian(phonology, syntax and vocabulary) and with korean in grammer. but no similar words with korean. only chinese loanwords are similar.
japanese and ryukyuan languages (+isolated ainu itak) are in japonic family. japonic family is isolated language family with many similariteis to austronesian(phonology, syntax and vocabulary) and with korean in grammer. but no similar words with korean. only chinese loanwords are similar.
We have a great okinawan community in Brazil and some people still speak uchinaaguchi. There is in some okinawan association courses that teach uchinaaguchi. In Sao Paulo State and Mato Grosso do Sul state has many okinawan's son and greatsons. My ex-girlfriend was from okinawa origin (nissei).
I can see the differences. It is not a "dialect" of Japanese. But yeah it is a the same language family with Japanese which 'Japonic Languages'. Because I can see the similarities too. But it is too different to be called as a "dialect"
My great grandmother and her son (my grandpa) lived I'm Okinawa. They fled to America when my grandpa was 8. Because of that, he was forced to learn English all on his own, and would be in trouble if he used any japanese. He only remembers some stuff now, so I'm really thankful for this video. I want so desperately to learn more about my family and their native language. ありがとうございます。
This video encourages me , thank you . I am Okinawan staying singapore for over 26 years and never speak uchina-guchi for Long time . I just start Uchina-guchi in English and planing to make Chinese and Malay . Hope I can introduce our own culture to Asian people like you did . Thanks!
Thank you so much for the video! In my country (Argentina) the majority of Japanese people came from Okinawa and it's nice to learn some words, since you can't use the Tokyo dialect several times.
They are very different languages!!!! Some people might say “well but i can see so many similarities” …. If Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are all different languages Ryukyuan and Japanese are different too. It’s only for a political reason languages are grouped in to one or separated
yes, ryukyuan(okinawan) is part of the japonic language family. japonic= japanese, ryukyuan(okinawan) +isolated ainu. We have connections to the austronesian/polynesian language family.
James Scott most have. haplogroup D2 is in range from 25-70% haplogroup O2b 30-40% haplogroup O3 20-35% depending on area. interestingly tibetans also have much D. D is only found in japan, some parts of tibet and south-east-asia. O3 on all east-asia and south-east-asia. O2b japan, korea, northern china and some in indonesia. jomon people are originaly from south-east-asia(sunda-region). this is why south-east-asian phenotypes are in japan high. also we are the nation with more bodyhair compared to korea or china. most have hair on legs, some even on arms, but many cut it off.
trollworkout Okinawa is supposed to be the most healthiest region in Japan. If ya follow the elders way of food diet whatnot, ya might get healthy in no time, as well as possibly long life. Tho, there is a catch, most of the healthy foods are super bitter, unless ya like bitter, including natto, then ya fine
just talking with my Japanese friend and he said Okinawa language is totally different with Japanese standard language, so i'm looking for an example how it sounds, and i came to this video..... and it really have different sounds!!! very interesting!
Helpful video, thank you. It sounded like Korean in a few places! Especially when she said the longer paragraph at the end. So similar in both pronunciation and intonation.
Japanese kind of does sound like Korean to me, but once I started learning Korean they began to sound more different. But the Okinawan language sounds even more like Korean.
As a Japanese speaker I was surprised at how many words are similar in Okinawan to Japanese (though they may be loan words). I previously thought it was completely different (though it still isn't really mutually intelligible).
Very interesting to learn, i think many of the Japanese people who went to South America came from Okinawa, In my country, Bolivia, there are Japanese colonies from Okinawa i think they also named the colony Okinawa and though the people have assimilated to Bolivian culture and language the Okinawa language is still being kept alive there. I also have family members who also immigrated from Okinawa to La Paz. Besides Bolivia, i hear there is also a Okinawan presence in Peru, Brazil, and Argentina
The 'yoroshiku onegaishimase' part (and if you only listen instead of reading along, the whole dialect I think) sounds kind of korean. You can really hear the geographical closeness. Interesting!!
I watched all your videos in 2 days. It's very interesting! You're doing a great job, please continue. I studied Japanese at university but didn't know a lot of things you are explaining. Could you please teach some slang? And do you do something specific so you don't forget kanji? Thank you very much.
+Romer Hakata Wow, all the videos in 2 days? AWESOME! Thanks so much for watching our series. (^^) Also, thank you for suggesting slang. We'll keep that in mind for a future video. In terms of Kanji, do you have some familiarity with Kanji already, or are you new to Kanji?
+Kurahara Sensei You're welcome! I'm familiar with kanji. At unviersity we had to go through jouyou kanji list twice trying to memorize about 100-150 kanji a week (they tested us each Monday). We just progressed in aplhabetical order, so it was like 30 kanji with the same sound at once. By the next week we'd already forgotten everything from the previous week. I thought it was very unproductive. I know that people in Japan learn kanji throughout the entire school years, but I'm wondering what would be a more efficient way to learn kanji and more importantly not to foget them so easily.
People have different learning styles so it's difficult to say what's best, but I would say that learning with association is definitely helpful. Rather than studying a bunch of Kanji in isolation (in an alphabetical order mechanically), start with the most frequently used (=practical) Kanji. Most importantly, learn them along with example sentences. So, let's say you're learning the Kanji 「書」: 1. Mechanical, not-so-helpful memorization method: on-yomi: ショ kun-yomi: か・が 2. More organic memorization method on a sentence level (provide furigana): 今日、図書館で手紙を書きました。(I wrote a letter today in the library.) *You don't need to feel pressure to write everything in Kanji if you're unfamiliar with some of the Kanji. You can mix in some Hiragana (e.g. 今日、図書かんで手がみを書きました。) Furthermore, I highly recommend that you try constructing your own original sentence using the Kanji you just learned. The sentence you had to think on your own is much more memorable (and harder to forget) than the one that was given to you. (^^)
+Zaru7t10 Generally speaking, most people can speak the "standard" Japanese (used on the news and in most TV shows) in addition to their local dialect. So when people from different regions meet, that's what they use to communicate with each other.
old neighbor okinawa litpun nihonggo greetings from luzon island in philippines from old minnan hokkien chinese-filipino tagalog. old liukiu kingdom use to trade with old tondo and caboloan kingdom
you'd probably be better off learning Japanese. Okinawan is a nearly extinct language with only a few thousand speakers left, and most Okinawans speak Japanese as well anyway. ganbari yo!
The Legend 566 It ain't going extinct, not even close. If any along Japan, it would be the Ainu-go, but that wouldn't stop one from preserving and protecting the indigenous languages. Y'know besides the common international languages, only make up 50 of the world's language population, there's over 6,950 more languages currently being spoken.
I also thought that it sounded like Korean in a few places! It does!! Especially when she said the longer paragraph at the end. So similar in both pronunciation and intonation.
Guest of the show: "Uchinaa guchi" Chinese mafia gov't: she mentioned a word that sounds like China, it means those islands belong to us. Send 300 fishing militia vessels to that place!
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selgeaus eh..ya should check out the Tsugaru dialect in Northern Honshū's Aomori prefecture. They speak a combo btwn Japanese and Korean, cuz their homelands are somewhat connected thru trade in Old Japan
篠崎悟 thanks mate, nice to have someone actually acknowledge and value someone else's opinions rather than plainly insulting those with different opinions to your own.
Hold up, is the fact that English says sake as saki and karate as karatii because America took the words from their time in Okinawa?? Or is it just chalked up to English butchering foreign languages? XD
I see thanks for the info i heard some Japanese especially those living in the Western Coast do have full features that make them look like those from the Korean peninsula and Northern China.
I used to think uchinaguchi(the main okinawan dialect) was a different language from Japanese. But after this video i believe its a divergent Japanese dialect. Because wen she counted in their numbers, its similar to japanese, just flipped some of the spellings around. That is wen u know its a dialect.
No, the word karate originates from japanese as why it is spelled Ka ra te and not ka ra ti. It's weird how some english speakers say it as kara-tee which is coincidentally the okinawa version of karate.
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Ok, this video is really nice, but unfortunately there are few misconceptions in the video that need clarifying.
1) Firstly, "haisai" is only said by men. Women greet by saying "haitai" in uchinaaguchi and that's only around Naha. In Shuri, "haisai/haitai" is never used as people there prefer to use the more formal "chuu wuganabira" instead. "Haisai/haitai" have become widespread because they've been used in commercials and as a decorative word to promote Okinawa, especially in tourism. As a matter of fact, "-sai" and "-tai" are particles that gives some sort of formality to the sentence and they're related to the more formal "-sari" and "-tari". For example, "wannee uchinaanchu yaibiin doo" (I AM Okinawan!) can be softened by adding "-sai" or "-tai", if you're a woman, at the end of the sentence, becoming "wannee uchinaanchu yaibiin doo sai (tai)".
2) They're not dialects! They're fully fledged languages of their own right. This "dialect" thing started when Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom to their territory. What is now "Okinawa prefecture" used to be an independent country called Ryukyu (Ruuchuu in Okinawan, Lew Chew in English and Léquios in Portuguese) and its history goes all the way to the pre-history. In the 15th century Sho Hashi unified the entire island of Okinawa under one throne. At the time he put his father Sho Shisho on the throne. Japanese language was only introduced in the islands at the very end of the 19th century and was promoted as the language of education at the expense of the native Ryukyuan languages! That's when the term "dialect" started to be used in a political sense to give the idea that the native languages were somewhat "inferior" to the language spoken in Tokyo. There was intense propaganda aiming to wipe out the Ryukyuan languages from the islands. This is crucial to understand why they are dying. This very idea of "dialect is being challenged in Okinawa and abroad as well, where uchinaanchu have immigrated as it concerns our identity as uchinaanchu and/or children of uchinaanchu.
3) UNESCO has actually divided those languages into 6 groups including Amami. Amami is not part of Okinawa prefecture but it was part of the Ryukyu Kingdom. So, there is Amami language, Kunigami language, Okinawan (Uchinaaguchi), Miyako, Yaeyama and Yonaguni. The Kunigami language comprises Kikai-jima, Okinoerabu and Yoron as well as the entire northern part of Okinawa island. These are not "dialects of Japanese". They didn't come from Japanese. They are sister languages of Japanese! Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language) is the best documented languages among them. The language of the Omoro Soshi is an archaic form of Okinawan and it is still different from Japanese. "Kajadifuu" is one of the most famous Okinawan poems written in the old Okinawan language.
4) However, there is indeed a dialect of Japanese spoken in Okinawa. That's called "Uchinaa-Yamatuguchi", or "Okinawan Japanese". At 6:15 she gives an example of this different "accent". That's an example of "Uchinaa-yamatuguchi". There's also "-wake saa", "shimashou" meaning "I will do" not "Let's do" and so on. The list is endless. Uchinaa-yamatuguchi is basically Japanese with a strong influence of Okinawan. That's the only true "hougen" spoken in the islands.
Akira Uema say, do ya know anything about the large structures at the bottom of the ocean near Yonaguni, if they belong to the Ryūkyū Kingdom, or not?? Also, since ya know so much about Okinawa's history, do ya recall any mysterious island within Okinawa's chain that sank during an earthquake, along with the inhabitants of that island???
Thank you so much for your precious info, could you tell me if there are any group of activists trying to preserve these ancient languages with material in English to their activism? Also, could it be possible that they got preserved in the western alphabet (or somone could devise an easier system of writing them than the Japanese syllabaries) so that we western cultural activists could learn them faster and divulge them also more easily it over the web, to promote the preservation of these precious and ancient languages? Só agora vi que vc é tb brasileiro! Estou te enviando mensagem pelo Facebook.
Amazing, I didn´t know those famous structures were from there!
Akira Uema thank you for the info. Maybe do some language learning vids? I thought they were talking different dialects of uchinaaguchi.
My mom's native language is Uchinaaguchi. She said, back in the 1950s, they would be whacked with a switch and ridiculed if they spoke their native language in public schools....
As a nisei raised in the Southeastern US and ridiculed for speaking it in school, I too, do not speak Uchinaaguchi...and even my Japanese isn't as good as it should be. I lived in Okinawa and picked up Uchinaa Yamatuguchi. It took a lot of effort to get rid of it so I could work in the Tokyo area without problems.
Mainland Japanese still look down on us. My relatives on the island are grateful that I look more western than asian for that reason. They are scared for me if anyone finds out I'm half-Uchinaanchu.
Okinawa used to be Ryukyu Kingdom, but the Japanese invaded it and turned it into Okinawa.
The language is not a dialect of Japanese language, but an entirely different language with some borrowed scripts and words from both Japan and China.
not entirely, both is in the japonic family, a isolated family. japanese(yamato) + all ryukyuan languages + the isolated ainu = japonic family. we have some connectiont to austronesian/polynesian.
JapaneseSentry [JP] It's actully kinda similar to Korean language with Monglian language and Chinese language with Tibetan language, same family, but different language.
tsukasa1608
japanese and ryukyuan languages (+isolated ainu itak) are in japonic family. japonic family is isolated language family with many similariteis to austronesian(phonology, syntax and vocabulary) and with korean in grammer. but no similar words with korean. only chinese loanwords are similar.
japanese and ryukyuan languages (+isolated ainu itak) are in japonic family. japonic family is isolated language family with many similariteis to austronesian(phonology, syntax and vocabulary) and with korean in grammer. but no similar words with korean. only chinese loanwords are similar.
tsukasa1608 Japan wasn't first to invade, was it? I thought it was the U.S. that did, when it was assuming the Ryūkyū Kingdom as part of Japan, no??
We have a great okinawan community in Brazil and some people still speak uchinaaguchi. There is in some okinawan association courses that teach uchinaaguchi. In Sao Paulo State and Mato Grosso do Sul state has many okinawan's son and greatsons. My ex-girlfriend was from okinawa origin (nissei).
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That's so cool.
This was so, so interesting. Thank you!!
I can see the differences. It is not a "dialect" of Japanese. But yeah it is a the same language family with Japanese which 'Japonic Languages'. Because I can see the similarities too. But it is too different to be called as a "dialect"
Whenever my inlaws would be mad at their kids or wanted to talk about them. They would switch to Okinawan. So funny. We all miss you Kiyoko.
My great grandmother and her son (my grandpa) lived I'm Okinawa. They fled to America when my grandpa was 8. Because of that, he was forced to learn English all on his own, and would be in trouble if he used any japanese. He only remembers some stuff now, so I'm really thankful for this video. I want so desperately to learn more about my family and their native language. ありがとうございます。
Any luck?
This video encourages me , thank you . I am Okinawan staying singapore for over 26 years and never speak uchina-guchi for Long time . I just start Uchina-guchi in English and planing to make Chinese and Malay . Hope I can introduce our own culture to Asian people like you did . Thanks!
very interesting! just when I thought Japanese language couldn't get anymore difficult :) great video, I loved the music too
+hjc9114 I love the music, too! Thank you for the comment.
Thank you so much for the video! In my country (Argentina) the majority of Japanese people came from Okinawa and it's nice to learn some words, since you can't use the Tokyo dialect several times.
+Ramiro Sotto Wow, I didn't know that. That's extremely interesting!
They are very different languages!!!!
Some people might say “well but i can see so many similarities” …. If Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are all different languages Ryukyuan and Japanese are different too. It’s only for a political reason languages are grouped in to one or separated
For me Okinawan sounds like related to languages in South East Asia. Still a very amazing video and background singing i love it.
yes, ryukyuan(okinawan) is part of the japonic language family. japonic= japanese, ryukyuan(okinawan) +isolated ainu. We have connections to the austronesian/polynesian language family.
thus this mean some Japanese have some pacific islander genes
James Scott
most have.
haplogroup D2 is in range from 25-70%
haplogroup O2b 30-40%
haplogroup O3 20-35%
depending on area.
interestingly tibetans also have much D.
D is only found in japan, some parts of tibet and south-east-asia. O3 on all east-asia and south-east-asia. O2b japan, korea, northern china and some in indonesia.
jomon people are originaly from south-east-asia(sunda-region).
this is why south-east-asian phenotypes are in japan high. also we are the nation with more bodyhair compared to korea or china.
most have hair on legs, some even on arms, but many cut it off.
Thanks for the info man. I was fascinated that some Japanese don't look like their East Asian neighbors.
James Scott some people say that Uchinaaguchi is combination between Japanese and Indonesian
Fascinating video. Thank you!
+Dan Harayda Arigatou gozaimasu!
Omg I didn't know it's this different!! I wanna go to Okinawa
+Banana!rocket Me, too!!
trollworkout Okinawa is supposed to be the most healthiest region in Japan. If ya follow the elders way of food diet whatnot, ya might get healthy in no time, as well as possibly long life. Tho, there is a catch, most of the healthy foods are super bitter, unless ya like bitter, including natto, then ya fine
just talking with my Japanese friend and he said Okinawa language is totally different with Japanese standard language, so i'm looking for an example how it sounds, and i came to this video..... and it really have different sounds!!! very interesting!
that song with the Sanshin in the background, love it
Thank you! This helped me with my linguistics project!
This is my ancestry ❤, 万歳沖縄
What's the intro song name?
Very interesting! I want more!:)
+Corsacu Thank you for your comment!
わんねー うちなんちゅ やいびしが うちなーぐち わかいびらん、やしが うちなーぐち ならぶさん。
私は沖縄人てすけど沖縄語は分かりません、だけと沖縄語を習いたい。
+Akio Teruya 沖縄語、私ももっと知りたいと思いました。
ふさん*
Helpful video, thank you. It sounded like Korean in a few places! Especially when she said the longer paragraph at the end. So similar in both pronunciation and intonation.
Japanese kind of does sound like Korean to me, but once I started learning Korean they began to sound more different. But the Okinawan language sounds even more like Korean.
Very interesting, thank you so much!
As a Japanese speaker I was surprised at how many words are similar in Okinawan to Japanese (though they may be loan words). I previously thought it was completely different (though it still isn't really mutually intelligible).
Loved this video! Thank you very much :)
What is this the song at the beginning and end? A very interesting video. I had thought there was only one Okinawa dialect/language, not three.
The song os a folk song called "Asadoya Yunta", but i don't know who is singing...
I'm writing an essay on Okinawa Architecture from Wellington, New Zealand!
This is very interesting~
What's the name of the song used in this video?
Xi Shao Asadoya yunta
thanks a lot! it's beautiful!
Xi Shao You're welcome
I like dialects, please so some videos about the differences between Hiroshimaben, Kansaiben and the Saitama/Tokyo area :)
wonderful. please share more...
Very good,thank.
Okinawans don't have the unrounded /u/ like in Standard Japanese, it is fully rounded like in Spanish or many other European languages.
Indeed
Short answer : okinwan and japanese are different language.
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familymart cashier : kuree, juu doru dattebasa...
me: are you the member of uzumaki clan or okinawan?
Hope you enjoyed this video. You can find ALL of our Uki Uki episodes here! (^^)
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Very interesting to learn, i think many of the Japanese people who went to South America came from Okinawa, In my country, Bolivia, there are Japanese colonies from Okinawa i think they also named the colony Okinawa and though the people have assimilated to Bolivian culture and language the Okinawa language is still being kept alive there. I also have family members who also immigrated from Okinawa to La Paz. Besides Bolivia, i hear there is also a Okinawan presence in Peru, Brazil, and Argentina
tusta - dropped in yakut language
tusuu - to drop
The 'yoroshiku onegaishimase' part (and if you only listen instead of reading along, the whole dialect I think) sounds kind of korean. You can really hear the geographical closeness. Interesting!!
+fynnfish I agree. Japanese and Korean share an extremely similar grammar structure, too.
Given the distance between Okinawa and Korea, it's very possible. Until being annexed by Japan, It had its own language
I also thought that it sounded like Korean in a few places! It does!
Are there any Okinawan textbooks for children or young adults? I would like to buy some.
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I watched all your videos in 2 days. It's very interesting! You're doing a great job, please continue. I studied Japanese at university but didn't know a lot of things you are explaining. Could you please teach some slang? And do you do something specific so you don't forget kanji? Thank you very much.
+Romer Hakata Wow, all the videos in 2 days? AWESOME! Thanks so much for watching our series. (^^) Also, thank you for suggesting slang. We'll keep that in mind for a future video. In terms of Kanji, do you have some familiarity with Kanji already, or are you new to Kanji?
+Kurahara Sensei You're welcome! I'm familiar with kanji. At unviersity we had to go through jouyou kanji list twice trying to memorize about 100-150 kanji a week (they tested us each Monday). We just progressed in aplhabetical order, so it was like 30 kanji with the same sound at once. By the next week we'd already forgotten everything from the previous week. I thought it was very unproductive. I know that people in Japan learn kanji throughout the entire school years, but I'm wondering what would be a more efficient way to learn kanji and more importantly not to foget them so easily.
People have different learning styles so it's difficult to say what's best, but I would say that learning with association is definitely helpful. Rather than studying a bunch of Kanji in isolation (in an alphabetical order mechanically), start with the most frequently used (=practical) Kanji. Most importantly, learn them along with example sentences. So, let's say you're learning the Kanji 「書」:
1. Mechanical, not-so-helpful memorization method:
on-yomi: ショ
kun-yomi: か・が
2. More organic memorization method on a sentence level (provide furigana):
今日、図書館で手紙を書きました。(I wrote a letter today in the library.)
*You don't need to feel pressure to write everything in Kanji if you're unfamiliar with some of the Kanji. You can mix in some Hiragana (e.g. 今日、図書かんで手がみを書きました。)
Furthermore, I highly recommend that you try constructing your own original sentence using the Kanji you just learned. The sentence you had to think on your own is much more memorable (and harder to forget) than the one that was given to you. (^^)
Kurahara Sensei Thanks for a very thorough answer! I appreciate it.
It's my pleasure. :)
Very interesting! :-)
+ecuanis89 Thank you for the comment! (^^)
Do people with different dialects understand each other it sound so very different, almost like a new language. Same base but new words.
+Zaru7t10 Generally speaking, most people can speak the "standard" Japanese (used on the news and in most TV shows) in addition to their local dialect. So when people from different regions meet, that's what they use to communicate with each other.
+Kurahara Sensei I see. Thank you very much for that answer,
they are not dialects. they completely separate languages to Japanese.
Yes, Okinawan language is not a dialect but a language.
old neighbor okinawa litpun nihonggo greetings from luzon island in philippines from old minnan hokkien chinese-filipino tagalog. old liukiu kingdom use to trade with old tondo and caboloan kingdom
Damn I want to go to Okinawa. I didn't really know Japanese but I want to try this language. I can't find any Okinawan speaker in my country.-__-
you'd probably be better off learning Japanese. Okinawan is a nearly extinct language with only a few thousand speakers left, and most Okinawans speak Japanese as well anyway. ganbari yo!
The Legend 566 It ain't going extinct, not even close. If any along Japan, it would be the Ainu-go, but that wouldn't stop one from preserving and protecting the indigenous languages. Y'know besides the common international languages, only make up 50 of the world's language population, there's over 6,950 more languages currently being spoken.
篠崎悟 Very good point.
@@coffeeowl1546 exactly
Can u tell which Japanese movie should we watch when we are in learning stage?
Which is harder to learn?
Sensei nihongo o narau toki moshi gimon ga attara doko ni anata o kikimas ka...koko ni wa daijobu des ka
+Supriya Gaikar はい、ここでいいですよ。
おもろいな！関西弁が結構違うって思ったけど、これなんて別の言語みたいやん！ｗ
+nightfox40 そうですよね。私も今回ちょっとでしたが沖縄語に触れてみて、びっくりしました！
What's the song name that is as a intro??
Does anyone know Translation service for Okinawan writing?
Heard it from the lady herself. Okinawan dialect be guchi. #GucchiGang
Why Okinawa is named Okinawa (Sea and rope?)
interesting
Some sentences sound like Korean :)))
+Henrique Barbosa I agree! Interesting phonetic similarities.
I also thought that it sounded like Korean in a few places! It does!! Especially when she said the longer paragraph at the end. So similar in both pronunciation and intonation.
does anyone know the song that was playing in the background?
it's a folk song called "Asadoya Yunta", but i don't know who is singing...
What happened in Japan and USA American? In Japanese.
that song with the echo sounds like old hokkien song style
What is the difference between "koi" and "ai" ? ^-^
+Banana!rocket "Koi" is only a romantic kind of love. "Ai" can be love of all kinds, such as love of family and friendship.
+Kurahara Sensei Ok, thanks
Anyone please give me the link to listen to the intro song
Asatoya yunta is the name
too interesting
にふえ一で一びる
Were they speaking Real Okinawan in Karate Kid part 2?
Maybe Okinawa is Ryukyu ... and Malacca have came born of Karate
omg they use Tu and Ti....
Guest of the show: "Uchinaa guchi"
Chinese mafia gov't: she mentioned a word that sounds like China, it means those islands belong to us. Send 300 fishing militia vessels to that place!
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Can you make a video about ASMR videos?
On Movies and TV shows.
For American, Japanese, and French Audience.
For American English, Japanese, and French.
Could you do that?
Don't forget anime.
Don't forget French Films.
- フルーツバスケット 2019 Season the original Japanese version
- The Helpful Fox Senko-san the original Japanese version
- The World's Greatest First Love original Japanese version
- My Brother's Husband the original Japanese version
- Nichijou original Japanese version
- Studio Ghibli The Original Japanese version
- Your Name. the original Japanese version
- The Simpson the original English version
- The original Walt Disney animated movies
- Studio Ponoc The Original Japanese version
-Ju-On The Curse (2000)
- Ju-On The Curse 2 (2000)
- Ju-On The Grudge (2002)
- Ju-On The Grudge 2 (2003)
- The Grudge (2004)
- The Grudge 2 (2006)
- The Grudge 3 (2009)
- Ju-On White Ghost (2009)
- Ju-On Black Ghost (2009)
- Ju-On The Beginning of the End (2014)
- Ju-On The Final Curse (2015)
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- The Grudge (2020)
- Saw (2004)
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- Saw V (2008)
- Saw VI (2009)
- Saw 3D (2010)
- Jigsaw (2017)
- Spiral (2020)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- The Beginning (2006)
- Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
- Leatherface (2017)
- Halloween (2007)
- Halloween 2 (2009)
- Halloween (2018)
- Halloween Kills (2020)
- The Purge (2013)
- The Purge Anarchy (2014)
- The Purge Election Year (2016)
-The First Purge (2018)
- Candyman (1992)
- Candyman Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
- Candyman Day of the Dead (1999)
- Candyman (2020)
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- That '70s Show
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- Reba
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- That's So Raven
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- 'Til Death
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- Lie to Me
- Castle
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- Victorious
- Good Luck Charlie
- Trinkets
- Lisa on Demand
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- 13 Reason Why Season 1 & 2
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- Bates Motel TV Show
- The Thundermans
- Almost Human
- Key & Peele
- South Park
- Family Guy
- American Dad!
- Bob's Burgers
- Adventure Time
- Zatch Bell in the original Japanese version
- Assassination Classroom in the original Japanese version
- Kappa Milkey
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Boondocks
- Home Movies
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Rugrats
- The Powerpuff Girls Original Series
-The Wild Thornberrys
- CatDog
- All Grown Up!
- Superjail!
- The Fairly OddParents
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Inu Yasha in the original Japanese version
- As Told by Ginger
- Catscratch
- Dexter's Laboratory
- The Oblongs
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- Cow and Chicken
- Pokemon Movie & TV Show in the original Japanese version
- The Angry Beavers
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
- Chowder
- Samurai Jack in the Japanese version
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Evil Con Carne
- Grim & Evil
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Codename Kids Next Door
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Movie & TV Show
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh TV Show
- The Little Mermaid Movie & TV Show
- Aladdin Movie & TV Show
- Timon & Pumbaa Movie & TV Show
- Pepper Ann
- Hercules Movie & TV Show
- The Legend of Tarzan Movie & TV Show
- Kim Possible
- Lilo & Stitch The Series
- Stitch! in the original Japanese version
- Dave the Barbarian
- Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
- The Buzz on Maggie
- Little Einsteins
- Yin Yang Yo!
- Xiaolin Showdown
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- The X's
- Handy Manny
- Phineas and Ferb
- Fish Hooks
- Dora the Explorer Movie & TV Show
- Go, Diego, Go!
- Drawn Together
- Fullmetal Alchemist in the original Japanese version
- The Venture Bros.
- Rocket Power
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Futurama
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- Adventures of Jimmy Boy Genius
- Digimon Movie & TV Show in the original Japanese version
- Invader Zim
- Drake and Josh
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Suite Life on Deck
- The Mighty B!
- Fanboy & Chum Chum
- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood in the original Japanese version
- Dexter TV Show
- Fragtime in the original Japanese version
- Doukiyusei (Classmates) in the original Japanese version
- Fireworks in the original Japanese version
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intonation sounds Korean
Can you have?
Can you make video to teach Japan Japanese that you know for American English to grasp in casual?
From casual speaking. What just common your mouth?
Can you started in May 2021?
Can you do it for 8 years until November 2029?
Could you make Five videos in Japanese Videos weekly for 9 minutes each?
Your dialect.
hahah how fan ”さき"(sake in japanse and saki in okinawa 語) in russian mean "urine"(saki, ssaniyo, obossat`sya and etc) just fun fact and nithing more)
I came here because of Gackt
Volume was so LOW
10 in Okinawan sounds like Two...
What is this.
The host always goes “mhhhhh”, “aaaahhh”, “oooohh”
That's how to be a good listener in Japanese 101
There's a video on youtube about it.
sugoii, arigatou gozaimasu!!
+salvador sarmiento Kochira koso! (^^)
Fukienese Okinawan Japanese challenge
ya bo kantan
Kinda sounds close to Korean
Nou way bull shit lol
close to korean!? are you serious!? idiot wtf....
if to some one close than to japanese or maybe some native taiwanese.....
selgeaus eh..ya should check out the Tsugaru dialect in Northern Honshū's Aomori prefecture. They speak a combo btwn Japanese and Korean, cuz their homelands are somewhat connected thru trade in Old Japan
篠崎悟 thanks mate, nice to have someone actually acknowledge and value someone else's opinions rather than plainly insulting those with different opinions to your own.
selgeaus doitashimashite, your welcome
Hold up, is the fact that English says sake as saki and karate as karatii because America took the words from their time in Okinawa?? Or is it just chalked up to English butchering foreign languages? XD
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I live in okinawa currently (military :P). I have yet to hear this dialect out in town.
Any good spots to checkout?
krazye I hear if ya go south of the main island, in the nearby villages, the Okinawan language is preserved
Miss Kurahara look more Yayoi while Miss Fisher looks more Jomon
+Lars Knudsen nope.. shes ryukyuan. The people of Okinawa are Ryukyuans :)
I was talking more on the phenotype not the language their speaking
+Lars Knudsen no ryukyuan is considered an ethnicity..
all japanese are mix of jomon and yayoi. but in ainu and in ryukyuans the jomon look is stronger. but also many yamato-japanese have jomon look.
I see thanks for the info i heard some Japanese especially those living in the Western Coast do have full features that make them look like those from the Korean peninsula and Northern China.
I used to think uchinaguchi(the main okinawan dialect) was a different language from Japanese. But after this video i believe its a divergent Japanese dialect. Because wen she counted in their numbers, its similar to japanese, just flipped some of the spellings around. That is wen u know its a dialect.
MAZI CHIOZO it's not a dialect but both belong to japonic family.
Huh???
0:53 wrong labeling to korea though
That background music is very distracting.
Okinawan is autronesian
So it's actually pronounced Kara-tee. Not Ka-ra-tay
What to you mean by "actually"? In Japanese it's kah-rah-teh. Teh turns to Tee in Okinawan.
Amber Leaf Didn't karate originate in Okinawa?
No, the word karate originates from japanese as why it is spelled Ka ra te and not ka ra ti. It's weird how some english speakers say it as kara-tee which is coincidentally the okinawa version of karate.
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0:53 china? Where is Korea? You need more common sense.
Okinawa should be free from Japan. The problem is Okinawa is got double occupation. From Japan and USA military base there.
All you did was use Latin a, e , i, o ,u and change the ending
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